HexBroke [any, comrade/them]

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Cake day: December 24th, 2023

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  • Muslim geographers divided the world into seven latitudinal zones and the position of given peoples in a particular zone predisposed them towards certain attributes or dispositions.

    As regards the people of the northern quadrant, they are the ones for whom the sun is distant from the Zenith, those who penetrate to the North, such as the Slavs, the Franks, and those nations that are their neighbours The power of the sun is weak among them because of their distance from it; cold and damp prevail in their regions, and snow and ice follow one another in endless succession. The warm humour is lacking among them; their bodies are large, their natures gross, their manners harsh, their understanding dull, and their tongues heavy. Their color is so excessively white that it passes from white to blue; their skin is thin and their flesh thick. Their eyes are also blue, matching the character of their coloring; their hair is lank and reddish because of the prevalence of damp mists. Their religious beliefs lack solidity, and this is because of the nature of cold and the lack of warmth.





  • Such cases can be disastrous for defense firms — like Boeing’s $7 billion in overruns on a $4.9 billion contract for the KC-46, an Air Force tanker.

    Won contract by bidding lower than would actually cost to complete the contract

    Shocked Pikachu face at having to spend more to complete the contract

    From the time:

    Ralph Crosby, chairman of defeated rival EADS North America, termed the winning Boeing proposal “very, very, very aggressive” and “much lower than we would have gone.”

    EADS, the parent company of Airbus, announced Friday it will not formally protest the Pentagon’s Feb. 24 decision and provided detailed bid data that shows Boeing prevailed with a bid 10 percent below that of its European rival.

    Crosby asserted there’s a high risk that Boeing will lose money if there are any setbacks in developing and building the 179 tankers under the fixed-price contract, and he called for “vigilant oversight” by the Pentagon to ensure Boeing keeps to its commitments.

    Boeing insists that its bid is financially sound and based on improved efficiency at its Everett plant.

    https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rival-knocks-boeings-lowball-tanker-bid/







  • Consumption was facilitated by rising wages, higher interest and dividend income, which more than offset a decline in government social benefits, including food stamps and Medicaid.

    Spending was also supported by households drawing on savings as well as subsiding inflation. But amid rising anecdotal evidence of consumer distress because of higher borrowing costs, spending is likely to slow in the coming quarters. Government money to households is also expected to decline further.

    I don’t understand why “bidenomics” isn’t more popular? Hasn’t the trickling down started yet?